Heterogeneity and threshold effects of environmental regulation on health expenditure: Considering the mediating role of environmental pollution

Lu, Wen Zhuang; Wu, Huai‐Ning; Geng, Shuaishuai

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113276

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“…As early as the 1970s, foreign scholars analyzed the impact of environmental pollution on public health based on Grossman's health production function ( 4 ). It has been recognized that there is a stable and balanced relationship between environmental pollution and public health, and environmental pollution has had a huge negative effect on public health and increased the burden of medical expenditures ( 5 ). At present, China is the largest energy consumer, and the healthcare needs caused by environmental pollution are increasing day by day ( 6 ).…”

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The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth on Public Health: Evidence From China

Xiao-chun

Jiang

Zhang

2022

Front. Public Health

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A comprehensive understanding of the impact of economic growth and environmental pollution on public health is crucial to the sustainable development of public health. In this paper, an individual fixed effect model is used to analyze the impact of environmental pollution and economic growth on public health, based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2007 to 2018. The research finds that: First, the health status of China's four regions is not only affected by economic growth and environmental pollution, but also affected by the per capita disposable income and urbanization rate. Second, there is a long-term balanced relationship between China's economic growth, environmental pollution and public health. Third, environmental pollution harms children's health and significantly increases the perinatal mortality, while economic growth helps to reduce the perinatal mortality. Fourth, environmental pollution plays a regulatory role between economic growth and public health. Fifth, there are significant regional differences in the impact of environmental pollution and economic growth on public health. Among them, the degree of harm caused by sulfur dioxide emissions on mortality in northeastern China is significantly higher than that of the eastern China, eastern China is higher than that of the western China, and western China is higher than that of the central China. Finally, in order to reduce the adverse consequences of environmental pollution on public health in the process of economic development, this study puts forward relevant policy suggestions.

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The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth on Public Health: Evidence From China

Xiao-chun

Jiang

Zhang

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Based on the mechanism analysis, this study adopted the mediating effect model (Lu et al 2021 ; Ren et al 2022a ; Ren et al 2021 ) to investigate the mediating effect of the GFPZ policy on urban GTFP through green innovation and energy intensity mechanisms. Considering the influence of the variable X on the variable Y , if X can influence Y through another variable M , then M is a mediating variable.…”

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Can green finance promote urban green development? Evidence from green finance reform and innovation pilot zone in China

Zhang

Wang

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study aims to evaluate the effect of the green finance reform and innovation pilot zone (GFPZ) policy on urban green development. Based on city-level panel data in China from 2012 to 2019, a difference-in-differences model was employed to examine the effects of China’s GFPZ policy on the city’s green total factor productivity (GTFP). Results show that (1) the GFPZ policy has promoted the GTFP of pilot cities, a conclusion that still holds after performing multiple robustness tests. (2) Compared to non-pilot cities, the GFPZ policy can increase urban GTFP by promoting urban green innovation and reducing urban energy intensity. (3) The GFPZ policy had a more significant impact on mega cities and resource-based cities than on medium and big-sized cities and non-resource-based cities. This study provides new empirical evidence on how green finance influences urban green development and offers China’s experience to policymakers worldwide to develop green finance in top-level policy design and practice.

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“…The impact of ER on the green development of agriculture is an important judgment basis for measuring the effectiveness of government policy implementation and social governance behavior. Rural residents’ health investment (RRHI) refers to rural residents’ investment in health services (e.g., health care and medical services) to cope with their own diseases and major public health events [ 11 ], and it is an important way to improve human capital. RRHI also increases or decreases with changes in environmental conditions, and correspondingly, the physical health status of rural residents plays an important role in agricultural production.…”

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Environmental Regulation, Rural Residents’ Health Investment, and Agricultural Eco-Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis Based on 31 Chinese Provinces

Zhou

Zheng

Yan

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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This paper explores the effects of environmental regulation (ER) and rural residents’ health investment (RRHI) on agricultural eco-efficiency (AEE) to provide a reference for the Chinese Government and other developing countries for implementing environmental regulation policies and to provide new paths to further improve green development in agriculture. Using the panel data of 31 Chinese provinces from 2009–2018, the Super-SBM model was used to measure AEE. The role of ER on AEE was analyzed based on panel two-way fixed effects with endogeneity treatment and a robustness test, and this mediating effect analysis was conducted to analyze the role of RRHI in ER and AEE, examining the extent of the effect of ER on AEE in three regions of China—eastern, central and western—using a heterogeneity analysis. The results of the study show that: (1) from a national perspective, ER has a significant positive impact on AEE, showing that ER is effective at this stage; (2) when RRHI is used as a mediating variable, the rising ER’s intensity can promote AEE by increasing RRHI; and (3) the results of the heterogeneity analysis show that ER has the greatest impact on AEE in the economically developed eastern region; the western region with a weaker level of economic development is in second place. However, ER has a negative impact on AEE in the central region with a medium level of economic development. Thus, the impact of ER on AEE will show great differences depending on the stage of economic development.

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Heterogeneity and threshold effects of environmental regulation on health expenditure: Considering the mediating role of environmental pollution

Cited by 39 publications

References 54 publications

The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth on Public Health: Evidence From China

The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth on Public Health: Evidence From China

Can green finance promote urban green development? Evidence from green finance reform and innovation pilot zone in China

Environmental Regulation, Rural Residents’ Health Investment, and Agricultural Eco-Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis Based on 31 Chinese Provinces

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